Assistant Design Manager, The University of Chicago Press (2005-present)Administrative responsibilities include schedule oversight
for 6 designers and the maintenance and development of department databases
and procedures. Design approximately 20 books a year. Compose 4-6 books
per year using InDesign.

Senior Designer/Technical Coordinator, The University of Chicago
Press
(1998-2005)Administrative responsibilities: Developed art guidelines
for the Press which were adopted by the AAUP. Developed a PDF workflow
for the department. Created standards for pdf documents for the Bibliovault.
Designed and deployed databases for tracking the department archive of
cover and jacket keylines. Designed The
Chicago Homer web site. Designed
35 books per year. Composed 6-8 books in house
per year.

Senior Designer, The University of Chicago Press (1992-1998)Design 35 books per year. Composed 5 to 6 art books a
year. Developed and maintained department font library. Recommended purchase
of computer hardware for design department. Using Fontographer, altered
typefaces for use in books composed in house. Trained the rest of the department
in Quark Xpress, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop. Instituted in-house
archiving procedures for coves, jackets and books.

Junior Designer, The University of Chicago Press (1989-1992)Managed 200 reprint titles a year. Reprint work included
paperback conversions of jackets, frontmatter alterations, specifying type
for new essays, patch corrections, and complete resetting of books. Dummied
large illustrated science and art books using traditional techniques of
paper and wax. Used Ventura Publisher to compose 4 books a year. Designed
3-4 new books per year

Early work experience (1980–1989) Spertus Museum of Judaica, design of catalogs, posters
and postcards
The Field Museum of Natural History, case layout and mutascope volcano
animation
Ellsenor and Associates, illustration of personal injury claims
Product illustration for various clients

Education Minneapolis College of Art and Design (1976-79). Bachelor
or Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking
Croyden College of Technology and Design (1977-78). Associate of Arts in
Printmaking

Publishing projectsStoryhead Magazine (1992-1999). Started in 1992 with
writer and poet Joe Peterson. Storyhead was a magazine devoted to the illustrated
story. We edited, illustrated, composed, and promoted the magazine. We
published and distributed 10 issues.
http://www.storyhead.com/2000/index.html

Albatross PressPioneer to Auckland by William Harold CrippsAlter Ego by Mike Brehm

Freelance clients:The University of Pennsylvania Press, Naval Institute
Press, The University of Chicago Law School, The University of Chicago
Press Journals Department, Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago